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Title REPRESENTATION OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN HOLLYWOOD TV SERIES HOMELAND: A PRAGMA-SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

Author(s) AYESHA RAZIM

Abstract This research has attempted to explore the portrayal of Islamophobia in the Hollywood TV Series Homeland season 4. Islamophobia has been on the rise since the horrific incident of 9/11 and the researcher has made an effort to find out how media plays an important role in promoting certain agendas and as a result of such actions people of certain communities and religion suffers. The conceptual theoretical framework of Austin and Searle’s Speech act has been used to analyse the dialogues while Roland Barthes’ Semiotic theory has been followed for the analysis of images selected from the series. The qualitative research method has been employed in this research and through purposive sampling the data has been collected. The researcher has analysed the dialogues and imagery of the series and found that the dominant narrative in the series is that Muslims are ruthless, violent and anti-west while the Americans are presented as the heroes, sympathetic and peaceful. The series has depicted the Americans as the only victims of terrorism without narrating the stories of Muslims who have equally suffered after the 9/11 event. The physical appearance, clothes and language have been targeted in this series. Such stereotypical representations of Muslims and the use of certain ideologies of Islam further incite hatred for Muslims and Islam among the Western masses.

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Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2024-03-08

Subject English Linguistics

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